Yintah

Documentaire
    Réalisé par Jennifer Wickham, Brenda Michell, Michael Toledano • Écrit par Jennifer Wickham, Brenda Michell, Michael Toledano
    Canada • 2024 • 110 minutes • Couleur
Résumé

Yintah signifiant "terre", est un long métrage documentant le combat de la Première Nation Wet'suwet'en pour sa souveraineté. Tourné sur plus de dix ans, le film suit Howilhkat Freda Huson et Sleydo' Molly Wickham alors que leur nation réoccupe ses terres ancestrales pour les protéger contre plusieurs des plus grandes sociétés d'énergie fossile du monde.

"The Wet'suwet'en people never relinquished their land to the Canadian authorities and they live according to their own laws. They refuse to grant permission for planned oil and gas pipelines running through their stunningly beautiful homelands. Yintah is the gripping account of their years of struggle, leading to escalating confrontations as the oil companies won’t take no for an answer.
The film also devotes plenty of time to becoming better acquainted with Wet’suwet’en culture, daily life and history. The traumas caused by colonialism are immense, and the community is working hard to recover. This makes it all the more painful that the oil companies are out to crush their rights once again - with the support of the government and police.
The opposition is led by two indefatigable women who draw upon the strength of their ancestors to protect their lands. Yintah was created in close consultation with the Wet'suwet'en people. Two of the three filmmakers are related to the protagonists."
(IDFA - International Documentary Festival Amsterdam)

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